Across
- 1. Balam Lord Jaguar in Mayan; a wildlife preserve in tropical Mexico
- 7. a knee-high dwarf-like creature molded out of clay or stone for a specific purpose. The creator of an alux must provide offerings to it.
- 8. goddess of the cacao tree and chocolate
- 9. god of wind, storm, and fire
- 10. a group of people indigenous to Mexico before the Spanish conquest of the sixteenth century
- 11. god of the sky
- 13. four divine brothers who hold up the corners of the world, and all without complaining about having tired arms
Down
- 2. a Nahuatl-speaking group of people indigenous to Mexico before the Spanish conquest of the sixteenth century.
- 3. the Maya rain god
- 4. goddess (and often caretaker) of people who were sacrificed or died a violent death
- 5. a human with the ability to change into an animal, sometimes called a shapeshifter
- 6. a bird deity that sits atop the World Tree and can see all three planes: the underworld, earth, and paradise.
- 8. goddess (and often caretaker) of people who were sacrificed or died a violent death
- 12. a pearson that went to war
